New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Divided Salt

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureFinnish

Dateca. 1940

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.4 x 7.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.7139

Not on view

DescriptionDivided salt of pressed blue lacy glass. Rectangular. Leaf and scroll design. Neal pattern DI8, color unlisted.

Published ReferencesCatalogue, FINLANDS NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1983, pg. 102, similar example, non-flint. L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 60, No. DI8.